Product Description: In the spring of 2007, National Geographic warned, "The oceans are in deep blue trouble. From the northernmost reaches of the Greenland Sea to the swirl of the Antarctic Circle, we are gutting our seas of fish." There were legitimate grounds for concern...read more

Product Description: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has conducted an assessment in response to national and international concerns that overcapacity, overfishing and other often co-occurring undesirable outcomes of a common management problem prevent the attainment of the goal of productive and sustainable marine ecosystems...read more

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Product Description: America's commercial fisheries are in jeopardy. With a significant percentage of the nation's fisheries depleted and fish populations declining in many regions, the health of the broader marine environment is also threatened. What should be done to reverse the decline and restore fish populations is a matter of much debate...read more

Product Description: Fisheries management today is highly contentious. The interests of fishers and fish processors, coastal communities, the government, and environmental organizations are often different and can even be mutually incompatible.Fishing Grounds offers a comprehensive assessment of the legal, social, economic and biological context of marine fisheries management in the United States...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Fisheries management today is highly contentious. The interests of fishers and fish processors, coastal communities, the government, and environmental organizations are often different and can even be mutually incompatible."Fishing Grounds" offers a comprehensive assessment of the legal, social, economic and biological context of marine fisheries management in the United States...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Provides definitions and examples, reviews legislation and regulations, and includes lessons learned from fisheries on the U.S. East Coast, Alaska, Iceland, New Zealand, and other regions. Discusses the public trust doctrine, management of common-pool resources, alternative and complementary approaches to the IFQ...read more

Product Description: Results and recommendations of a study conducted by the National Marine Fisheries Service in cooperation with academic scientists leading to advances in the state of the art of fish stock assessments. Paper. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Written by anthropologists, environmental planners, biologists, economists, fisheries managers, and tribal and governmental leaders, this is the first book to describe the evolution of co-operative fisheries management between fishermen and government in Canada and the USA ...read more

Product Description: Written by anthropologists, environmental planners, biologists, economists, fisheries managers, and tribal and governmental leaders, this is the first book to describe the evolution of co-operative fisheries management between fishermen and government in Canada and the USA...read more